#famous film stars

[thevampsvault]

Raquel Welch

#Raquel Welch #Hollywood #film #movie #movie star #celeb #celebrity #star #actress #actor #famous #movies #silver screen #Golden Age #classic beauty #vintage photography #vintage

[the-insidious-dr-grey-matter]

Same guy.

#peter cushing #dracula #star wars #hammer films #before they were famous

[pynkhues]

I recently read an article in which Quentin Tarantino stated that fewer movie stars exist as a result of "Marvel movies in Hollywood." I think Jennifer Aniston made a similar argument before saying that there are no longer any movie stars. I'm not sure what that means. I can think of a lot of movie stars right now, such as Zendaya, Timothee Chalamet, and Zoey Deutch etc. what do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this and Quentin's comments.

QuillBot's

Months ago, when you sent me this ask, anon, I wrote out a really long reply and as soon as I hit post, my laptop crashed and ate the answer, and I was so annoyed at myself for not saving my reply, that I couldn't bring myself to try and re-write an answer. I'm really sorry for that, especially because I think this is such an interesting ask (or well, two asks, because I think the death of the movie star and the impact Marvel's had on the broader concept of a movie star, are kinda two different things).

I've been thinking about it a bit again recently though, particularly as the Oscar race gears up, and Jacob Elordi and Charles Melton''s respective stars are rising in an industry currently desperate to find the new young Hollywood male 'talent', and I've been thinking about it again because honestly?

I agree with Jennifer Aniston, I think the movie star is dead.

We are a long, long way from Golden Age Hollywood where actors like Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe could captivate a public imagination in a way that translated to big box office effect, after all. Hell, we're even out of New Hollywood, an era dominated by names like Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, and Jane Fonda, and the Blockbuster era with Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford.

My original reply went into a lot of the different reasoning as to why this is (like with many things, I don't think there's any one reason for it), in particular how the advent of streaming has changed our relationship with films and TV shows, how the saturation of the market has diluted the staying power of celebrities, how social media and the perceived accessibility of celebrities removes personal mystique which in turn removes intrigue and increases a sense of entitlement, and the fact that so many people having stopped going to the cinema means that the experiential element of seeing a film in a setting larger than life has been diminished.

I think call out culture plays a role too, with any actor on the rise being torn down by tweets they made eight, nine or ten years ago impacting how their star rises, I think the dismantling of the studio system (which is a good thing!) also harmed actors in the long run as studios stopped investing the same resources into making and training stars (they used to be able to sing, dance and act! Now some can barely even act!), and I think, of course, the rise of prestige TV changed the industry substantially (after all, movie stars were movie stars - they traditionally did not, and would not, do TV, which created a clear class structure in terms of screen-based storytelling).

And yeah, I think the language shift from film and TV to content has done irrepairable damage to the artistry of filmmaking and the consideration of a movie star as an actor at the top of their field instead of an actor with the most Insta followers or YouTube subscribers (after all, if everything's content, isn't it the same thing? [no lol]).

Which I guess is kind of where Quentin Tarantino's argument comes in, right? What he's saying is that Marvel's made it so that the IP - the content itself - is the star, not the actor, and I'd say he's probably right with that.

Think of it this way - back in the New Hollywood/Blockbuster era, Harrison Ford was the movie star - he was leading new franchises left-right-and-centre between Star Wars and Indiana Jones, sci fi epics like Blade Runner, leading action thrillers like Patriot Games, The Fugitive and Clear and Present Danger and getting nominated for Oscars for Witness.

He was a movie star in every sense of the word because you could hinge a film - one with a new concept, not just remakes or sequels - on him and be virtually guaranteed a success. He was what sold the tickets, the director just hopefully had to make something good enough people would leave the cinema glad they saw.

Tarantino's argument is the Marvel model - - hell, even the new Star Wars properties, turned the franchise into the star, for better or worse, which means original films can't compete because nobody knows the IP. Back when Harrison Ford was at the top of his game, his name was what helped original films including smaller, standalone works like Witness find an audience, but the studios have changed that. Capitalism has changed that.

Properties with existing audiences and deep pockets for merch were prioritised, only now those franchises are faltering and you've got a generation trained that 'cinematic events' are reserved for blockbusters in established universes, instead of taking a risk on a new film because you know you love an actor who's in it.

Do I think we could go back?

Maybe, but probably not.

I think the place we are now in the history of cinema / TV / 'content' means you can't make a movie star anymore because I think the industry is simply so different that no actor can break through in the same way that even Leonardo DiCaprio could 30 years ago. That industry doesn't exist anymore, actors aren't guaranteed draws (Bones and All proved that for Timothee Chalamet, and Wonka I think could go a similar way), or they have to heavily rely on other industries to become household names which I think dilutes them as a pure 'movie star' (Zendaya's a great example of this - I like her a lot, but how many movies has she even been in? They built her career up in peripheral industries long before they tried to sell her as a movie star, and frankly, I'd question her even as a leading actress yet given she's typically only either been in ensemble casts or clear supporting).

It's a whole new world, and yeah, I think the movie star is dead.

#i hope this makes sense haha #it's an interesting topic #and a shame really #i also think there's a difference between being famous online and a movie star #like zoey deutch i really like and i know film twitter likes her #but she's b-list at best and i doubt she has any broader name recognition unfortunately #whereas timmy and zendaya defs do #but even their star power isn't working #dune did well because of tarantino's argument #the ip is the star #challengers will be the real test for zendaya #and wonka will be timmy's biggest one #because bones and all tanked but is a) genre and b) indie #don't look up french dispatch and little women were all ensemble #so yeah #wonka will defs be interesting to see #film asks #welcome to my ama

[orchidrush]

Happy bday Queen 🌹🍒🥀June 21st, 2023

#lana del rey #red #art #film #movie #fashion #roses #red roses #list for life #birthday #dark hair #coquette girl #coquette #vintage #americana #white roses #star #fame #famous

[thebrikbox]

The Great Greta Garbo

Glamorous, compelling, and ever so famous was the iconic movie star, Greta Garbo. She graced Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s with films like “Wild Orchids” and “The Kiss.” Altogether, she starred in thirty-three films and captivated men and women alike.

Greta was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson on September 18, 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden and died April 15, 1990 in New York City at the age of 84 to pneumonia. Her childhood was that of poverty where her family lived in the slums. Her father was an itinerant laborer and didn’t earn much money to give his family the life he wanted for them to have. When Greta was old enough to work, she took various positions to help ease the strain of supporting the family.

One fateful day, film director Erik Petschler saw Greta and was mesmerized with her beauty after seeing her in a commercial advertising women’s clothing and he offered her a small role in his 1922 film “Peter the Tramp.” She was bitten by the acting bug and she started school at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm. She landed a major role in a 1925 Swedish movie “Gösta Berlings Saga” (The Saga of Gösta Berling). The director, Mauritz Stiller changed her birth name to Garbo as he felt it was fitting and becoming for her unique beauty. Seeing her potential, he negotiated with MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Studios in Hollywood and secured her a contract. Louis B. Mayer had doubts about Greta’s screen performance until the release of her first American 1926 film “The Torrent.” Her lustrous glow and the fluidity of how she moved impressed Mayer so much so that he gave her an exclusive contract.

1930’s “Anna Christie” was Greta’s first sound film. The movie was marketed with “Garbo talks!” She would earn three Oscar nominations for best actress for her performances in “Anna Christie,” “Camille,” and for “Ninotchka.” She never did win, but she did receive an Honorary Academy Award in 1955. She won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best actress for her performance in 1935’s Anna Karenina. Her last film was “Two-Faced Woman” in 1941 and it received bad reviews that greatly humiliated her. Her acting life halted despite offers for other films after the movie flop.

Greta never married nor did she have children. Her first romance was with her often co-Star John Gilbert. In her latter years, she had a relationship with Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. It’s rumored that she had an affair with Russian-born millionaire George Schlee, stealing him from his wife. It’s specualted that Greta was bisexual, some would claim she was predominantly lesbian, but no one could confirm that. Though she appeared in events, she disliked the feeling uncomfortable acting like a socialite because it wasn’t who she was.

Greta would live the remainder of her life in a New York City apartment. She was an honored guest in the White House and She received treatment for breast cancer and would have dialysis treatment at a local hospital where she would later die from pneumonia. She will always be regarded as one of the most beautiful and graceful women that gifted us with her talent.

Until next time, Aloha oe.

Photos: *Getty Images, Posterlounge

#greta garbo #golden age #movie talk #movie time #movie theater #historical #actress #old hollywood #black and white movies #silent movies #silent film #movie star #hollywood history #hollywood #hollywood legend #actor #silent film actresses #hollywood actress #famous #movies #movie theme #league of legends #legendary actress

[raazberry]

thinking about troy and abed in epidemiology again. how troy spent the entire episode running away from the idea of being a "nerd" and essentially abed as well - only for them to run away from the zombies together and abed basically "sacrificing" himself just for troy to not get zombified. and troy initiating the "i love you" / "i know" scene (from star wars) as he's about to get away... like idc if im reaching but that is not only a proper confession of love in my opinion but also the moment where troy realises that if abed can literally sacrifice for him then he can at the very least embrace his nerdiness and not try to be so tough all the time, for himself and for abed!!! plus right after that scene u get the whole mamma mia sequence where troy decides to just be a nerd and ditch the sexy dracula costume to get the college back to normal.... but in the end it's abed who ends up zombifying him after troy punches and breaks his way away from everyone and him saying "abed, we're friends" in the saddest most betrayed voice ever aaaaaaaa fatal mistake sonething something romantic tragedy etc etc u get it

#like this is a very popular opinion i know but that doesn't make it any more beautiful #trobed u will always be famous #OH AND NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT ABED REPLIED WITH I KNOW INSTEAD OF I LOVE YOU TOO #like 1. literally such an abed response and the fact that it's between trobed makes it even more special #2. abed is canonically a big star wars fan (i am not) and i'm assuming that this is some big Moment between the characters who said it #in the original film #which makes it even more [screams] because abed wants that kind of romance or wtv #3. in a non-star-wars-reference way it's still so dkdhjdjdeheh like abed already knows that troy loves him #he might feel like an outsider sometimes but he Knows that of all the people in the world troy Does love him #i haven't listened to any ABBA song the same after epidemiology if im being honest #also the fact that they forgot that any of this happened after they become humans again #like what if i cried man #community nbc #yes im rewatching lol #trobed #community #zzz

[frontlinebicepsoftheninth]

in light of a second migration to this site i just need to speak my truth which is that harrow is a redditor gideon is a twitter user and ianthe is a tumblrina hope this helps

#coronabeth is an instagram influencer obviously #and babs is a tiktok one they collab #camilla is like that one user on that math forum who posts answers to insane equations no one can solve without a proof to explain how #palamedes meanwhile is a quora/yahoo answers (rip) certified expert who gives helpful and detailed answers to everything #slash ao3 writer on the side #i know we all see john as a twitch streamer but i think he's most like a discord mod #wait lowkey that's mercy but i want to give them all unique sites so. ok fine john is the streamer and mercy is his insufferable twitch mod #pyrrha stars in like a woodworking/survivalist skill youtube channel that's filmed and run by nona #who is always giving encouraging commentary from behind the camera she just wants everyone to see how awesome her dadmom is #abigail has a channel where she talks about famous historical events or like analyzes media based on historical accuracy #magnus pops into frame as her every now and then bringing her tea or asking a question. she doesn't edit him out bc the fans love him #augustine is a podcaster. the WORST kind #isaac and jeannemary run a gaming channel where they play the same games as jod and bully him online #one day magnus pops in during a livestream. they are embarrassed but the few crossover fans from abi's channel start going crazy in the chat #judith would just like. write a memoir i think #one of those with a super patriotic portrait on the cover #dulcinea is also an ao3 author she and pal do fic exchanges and she's also like a cool fanartist idk on what platform. maybe here #silas has a girl defined channel or he's one of those people who spends all their time arguing in facebook comments #mercy would also be that person considering she literally references that one church lady. her neuroticism is just peak overly online person #oh oh nona and the gang also get pyrrha to do sexy tiktok dances for her channel they are highly successful #god i haven't even gotten into the BoE characters this cast is so fucking large i'm stopping here #the way i was literally just going to add one tag to this and then i couldn't stop lol anyways we have fun here #tlt #the locked tomb #ntn spoilers #nona spoilers #nona the ninth spoilers #tlt spoilers #the locked tomb spoilers #(just in case bc of a few tags)

[radianttruthsii]

Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Giant (1956), photos by Roddy McDowall

#elizabeth taylor #movie star #film actress #leading lady #classic hollywood #classic film #giant #candid #famous photographer #roddy mcdowall #1950s #1950s movies

[mariocki]

Alfred Burke puts on his best policing face as Parisian detective Inspector Maron, in Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!: The Billion Franc Mystery (1.6, ABPC, 1957)

#fave spotting #alfred burke #overseas press club exclusive! #the billion franc mystery #1957 #classic tv #public eye #abpc #an obscure series‚ even by the standards of pre 1960s telly. OSPC was a coproduction between Ardleigh Films and Associated British Pathé #(they of the famous news reels‚ and themselves a subsidiary of Associated British Picture Corporation). a year or two later and this #would probably have been made in house by ABC themselves‚ but the franchise was only a year old at this point and still finding its feet #the concept is simple but promising: each week‚ a member of the Overseas Press Club of America (a real and still extant organisation) tells #a tale from their careers‚ an unusual instance or shocking event that makes for good tv. these tales are true! says the narrator in the #show's opening moments‚ and these ppl exist! frankly that's something i take with a large grain of salt; whilst some stories certainly have #direct factual origins (there's an episode about a catholic priest going undercover with a gang of street toughs which ends with footage of #the actual figure that inspired the ep) but others are highly questionable (the first‚ about a Norwegian resistance fighter who has plastic #surgery and takes the place of a relatively high ranking nazi officer; i feel like that's something that would be better known‚ yknow??) #this ep is about a nazi plot to destabilise the French franc just prior to ww2; quite believable and certainly the nazis did dabble in #producing counterfeit money‚ tho the examples i found online all relate to pound sterling or latterly the us dollar‚ not the franc) #our journalist of the week is played by Lee Patterson‚ a minor film star in british b movies at this point‚ with swooningly handsome Anton #Diffring (who had fled nazi persecution himself) as the villain. Alfie's part is pretty small‚ he's just the french cop keeping every one #in sight and letting events play out (cue some wonderful Alfie cheshire cat grins). Patterson (and maybe Diffring) got to fly out to actual #real Paris to film some location work and establishing shots (a benefit of making a series about the OSPC was that they arranged flights #for cast and crew). poor Alf didn't get a holiday tho; his scenes are conspicuously studio based‚ even when he's meant to be on the banks #of the Seine... #so yes‚ a fun little series‚ even if (so far) the wide scope of potential stories does seem to favour ww2 stuff. good luck finding a copy #tho; it took me months of trawling to find a reasonably priced 2nd hand copy (Amazon currently have a copy for £79.99 which.. for 2 discs #is kind of insane). a victim of the price gouging which seems to have affected some of the lesser known network titles since their #dissolution. sad times for the fan of painfully obscure old tv.. if I ever learn how to make things be on a computer‚ tho‚ I'll happily #share

[the-anxious-acrobat]

travelling film star concept (probably in the late 1950s)! 👠🎞️🍿

#tag your favourite movie #character concepts #film stars #film #filmography #acting #actor #films #movies #movie making #stars #travelling #sparkles #love #film studies #famous #actress #caravans #cars #bags #cherubs #cupids #hearts #popcorn #movie tape #director #screenwriter #screenplay #producer #writer

[thevampsvault]

Lynda Carter

#Lynda Carter #Hollywood #film #movie #movie star #celeb #celebrity #star #actress #actor #famous #movies #silver screen #Golden Age #classic beauty #vintage photography #vintage

[rlotusn]

nobility double. 

#jane fonda #alain delon #joy house #les félins #film #movie #star #popular #famous people #iconic #idol #male #female #artist #cinema #cinemetography #film fotography #love story #cute couple #cool #couple #french #actor #american #actress #aestheitcs #Old Movies #vintage

[gameraboy2]

Famous Monsters #139 (1977)

#famous monsters #star wars #1977 #1970s #vintage #film #movie #darth vader #c-3p0 #threepio #chinese theater

[faces-of-7th-art]

@seanpenn, @robingwright #nickcassavettes Portraits @festivaldecannes 1997 During the presentation of the movie ''She's So Lovely'' is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, and written by John Cassavetes. This photo is 27 years from today. In this iconic film, the young actors were awarded Sean Penn won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Robin Wright received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards.'' It was a moment that remains timeless for its photographic composition…and its historicity…

#pentaxmz10 #pentax600mmf4 #ektachrome400 #cannes #actor #actress #filmmaker #movies #american #famous #stars #cinema #portraits #analogcamera #analogphotography #filmphotography #portrait #beauty #face #film

[nazurabbit]

i cant believe paradox live made it to hollywood

#living the famous life now /j #i know it was a part of the film festival or whatever but thats crazy #the paralive fandom feels like so small to me BUT THEY MAKING IT BIG IN HOLLYWOOD NOW #buraikan star on the walk of fame when #paradox live

[idasessions]

If you enjoyed my article last year about fictional rock girlfriends and groupies, feel free to check out my new piece on “Daisy Jones & the Six,” and Hollywood’s long struggle to accurately portray the music community on film and TV. 🎞️🎵

#daisy jones and the six #rock star #almost famous #riley keough #mark wahlberg #patrick fugit #daisy jones #william miller #groupies #classic rock #film #movies #substack #the meggie sue @ substack #banner made by morgan like usual <3